Sentence examples for thick stalks from inspiring English sources

If the mushrooms have thick stalks, cut them out and thinly slice.

Wash the watercress, discarding any thick stalks, then soak in iced water to crisp it up.

I like to use thick stalks of asparagus and cut them on the diagonal into 2-inch lengths.

I marvelled at his crooked cobs of multicolored kernels purple and puce and black and umber hanging on small, thick stalks.

I marvelled at his crooked cobs of multicolored kernels — purple and puce and black and umber — hanging on small, thick stalks.

CHARD OR COLLARD RIBS Simmer the thick stalks in white wine and water with a scrap of lemon peel until tender, then drain and dress with olive oil and coarse salt.

The thick stalk of the leaf is attached to the centre of the underside of the leaf of some species.

Water hyacinth grows an erect thick stalk (to 20 inches long) at the top of which is a single spike of several (8 to 15) showy flowers.

There, the researchers, including graduate student Eric Corsini, encountered the garden's famed titan arum (Amorphophallus titanium), a plant that every few years sends up a tall, thick stalk covered with thousands of small flowers enveloped by one large, flower-like calyx.

These are stiffer, with a thick stalk and a blade on either side.

If you really want to stun people, use Brussels sprouts as a centerpiece -- they come dozens to a single thick stalk, looking like a vegetable from Mars.